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A1 Sophisticated CissyA2 Sehorns FarmsA3 Cissy StrutA4 Here Comes The Meter ManA5 Ease BackA6 AnnA7 Dry SpellA8 Little Old Money MakerB1 Look-Ka Py PyB2 This Is My Last AffairB3 Chicken StrutB4 Hey! Last MinuteB5 Hand Clapping SongB6 JoogC1 A Message From The MetersC2 Zony MashC3 Stretch Your Rubber BandC4 Groovy LadyC5 (The World Is A Bit Under The Weather) Doodle-OopC6 I Need More TimeC7 Good Old Funky MusicC8 Sassy LadyD1 Do The DirtD2 SmilingD3 Cabbage AlleyD4 The FlowerD5 Chug Chug Chug-A-Log (Push N’ Shove) (Part I)D6 Chug Chug Chug-A-Lug (Push N’ Shove) (Part II)E1 Hey Pocky A-WayE2 AfricaE3 People SayE4 Loving You Is On My MindE5 They All Ask’d For YouE6 Running Fast (Long Version)F1 Disco Is The Thing TodayF2 Mr. MoonF3 Trick BagF4 Find YourselfF5 Be My LadyF6 No More Okey DokeHow would you like to hear a new sideor should we say sidesof the world greatest funk band This 3-LP, 40-track set presents inside of a double gatefold jacket the A and B-side of every single that organist Art Neville, guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter, Jr., and drummer Joseph Zigaboo Modeliste cut for the Josie, Reprise &amp Warner Bros. label, virtually their entire singles output (all but two co-produced by the late, great Allen Toussaint) save for a few odds n ends issued mostly overseas. That means that you not only get every hit along with its hard-to-find B-side but also the rare single mixes, including the especially rare original mono single mixes of the 1968-1971 Josie sides (the first three LP sides are all mono the last three, featuring the later Reprise and Warner Bros. singles, present all stereo single mixes). These songs represent the mother lode of New Orleans funk, classic tracks like Sophisticated Cissy, Cissy Strut, Look-Ka Py Py, Chicken Strut, Hand Clapping Song, Hey Pocky A-Way, and more. And, with liner notes by Bill Dahl featuring quotes from Nocentelli, Neville, and Porter, this 3-LP set offers probably the best retrospective to date of this enormously influential band. And how the sound Well, after extensive and exhaustive tape research, we were able to come up with original tape sources for all but five of these single sides, and the remasteringby Mike Milchner at SonicVisionis tight! Crate diggers, take your marks!”